Kipling 2006

After 6 long awaited years, I finally received my Iron Ring. I'll have to tell you, it looks pretty good on my finger. I can't mention much about the ceremony, but I can tell you about the break between the presentation and the ritual calling of the engineer. Someone so brightly scheduled a class picture of about 800 people right after the presentation. The problem was it was already past lunch time and we had empty stomachs. The hotdog vendor, Willy Dogs already had about 50 people in line in front of me. The coordinators told everyone they had to be in the picture, but many people didn't want to lose their spot in line. After much persuasion, about 30 people in front left their spot to be in the class photo. I made the executive decision and determined that even if I was in the class photo, only my shoulder would be in the picture, since there were ~800 people. So, I decided to stay in line for a hotdog while my friends took their picture. Now when my grandkids ask me where I am in the picture, I'll have to tell them and point to a shadow and say, "You see that shadow? Thats mine from the hotdog line". I knew I made the right decision because right after I got my hotdog, it started to rain.

The Kipling reception was pretty awesome! Karen was my date and we partied it up until it closed at 12:00am. It was good to see all my friends one last time in a different setting other than school. We have lots of photos. I'll upload some when I get the chance. We sat with Dom and Ashleigh, Josh and his women, Tabarak, Faisal, and the Lorie's. It was a good time. We had salad, pasta, chicken and potatoes, and some chocolate dessert. Bob Lorie so generously gave me his dessert.

If you have any photos, please send them all!!!